But out of the thousands of people who went the self - publishing route (we're talking POD, Vanity, and Self Publishing), only 20 were
picked by commercial publishers.
Not exact matches
Even with a high - quality, established ghostwriter, there's no guarantee your book will get
picked up
by a
commercial, royalty - paying
publisher.
On rare occasions, a subsidy - published book gets
picked up
by a
commercial publisher.
Also, of course you are right that some self - pubbed books deserve an audience (and may in that case be
picked up
by a traditional
publisher and turned into a
commercial success) and certainly that many published books are inferior.